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Thursday, June 13, 1935
afir Willamina Sintra 'k j LUMBER STRIKE COST
NORTHWEST MILLIONS
Entered at the Poatofflce at W illam ina, Oregon, aa uccond-rlaaa matter,
August 24,
under Act of Congreaa of M arrh 3, 1879.
In the fourth weak of the West
editor and Manager Coant lumber strike, mills report
ing to the West Coast Lumber
Published Every Thursday. Hubscription Price, $1.50 Per Year in Advance. men’s association produced 24.-
Home Display Advertising, 25c an Inch. - - • Foreign Platea, 35c an Inch.
550.611 feet of lumber, slightly
less then 10% o f capacity. This
compares with 30.6% of capacity
in the first quarter of 1935, and
with 19.8% in 1932, when the
Sunday, June 16, is the silver anniversary of Father’s depression
was at its worst.
Day. Father’s Day was first broached by Mrs. John B. The new business reported to
Dodd of Spokane, in 1910, and was the butt of much mer the association f o r t h e week
June 1 was less by 16 3%
riment, not being generally observed, but in 1914 congress i ending
than in the previous week. Re
passed a resolution setting aside the first Sunday in June ports from the National Lumber
anufacturer's association a t
as a day on which to honor the daddies of the nation col M
Washington, D . C.. covering all
lectively. Still efforts to promote Father’s Day lagged regions, show that on June 1 the
untU 1920, when the day was changed from the first national lumber industry had re
for t h r e e consecutive
to the third Sunday in June and became of really national ported
weeks a decline in production,
import. Observance has since grown rapidly and has spread shipments and orders. This indi
cates that the early summer spurt
to foreign countries.
in demand for lumber probably
has passed.
While this decrease is shown
for the lumber industry in the
United States as a whole, the
This week the Farmers Union Cooperative Creamery | Southern
P i n e association re
of Sheridan issued the first number of “ The Co-Operator” ported from New Orleans to the
for distribution among their members and patrons. It is a National association an increase
in production of 17% and in ord
four-page sheet containing timely articles and news matter ers
of 89,{ , compared with the
of especial interest to cooperators and dairymen. Paul same week a year ago. Advices
market a r e a s coming to
Jones is the editor and the mechanical work was done in from
We&t Coast lumbermen are to the
the Times plant.
j effect that the large increases
registered by Southern yelow
I pine mills d u r i n g M a y were
caused prim arily by the strike in
the West Coast lumber industry.
Buyers are- having their immedi
ate needs filled mostly in south
ern yellow pine, with the result
that mill prices in the south have
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n c r e a s e d $2.00 to $4.00 per
GILBERT CREEK
started.
thousand.
le tte rs from the Benjamin family,
The total loss to the industry, its
visiting in Nebraska, state that they
Hy O. B M anley
were near McCook during the recent employees.and West Coast lumber
flood. They had to be towed by team to communities caused by the strike
James Rasmussen le tt last Thursday get across the river when they started
on a trip to College Place, W n,, where for Lincoln. They send greetings to all is estimated by t h e association to
he is attending the Youth Congress now of their friends here.
he between four and five million
in session.
dollars
during the month of May.
Mrs. Roy Newhill visited with her
Elder and Mrs. Geo. Watson of Mc mother and sister in Salem on Tuesday. This is the direct loss in lumber
Minnville were out Sabbath. Elder W at
and logging and does not include
Kenneth Stuart returned home from
son occupied the pulpit during the hour
other
forest industry products.
Oregon
Normal
School
last
Thursday
a fte r Sabbath School.
The strike has been effective
for the summer vacation.
I. N. Pearson and wife, Mrs. Chas, i
Some o f the hay in thia neighborhood tkn.ughout western Washington
Snow and Mrs. Bayliss, all of W illa
and along the Columbia river in
is now being cut.
mina, were out Sabbath.
both Oregon a n d Washington.
The
new
owners
of
the
small
ranch
Archie Brown was in the neighborhood
recently vacated by Rev. Scott spent Mills in the W illam ette valley and
for a few hours Friday.
1 several days here this week, working
The Armstrongs made a trip to Port I on the ground. Their home is in Cottage along the Oregon coast continued
to operate during the month.
land and Vancouver on Thursday.
J. L. HUTCHINS
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Sunday is Father's Day
A New Publication
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FERN DISTRICT
By K enneth S tuart
Mrs. I,. G. Blanchard is home again
and is getting along splendidly. She re
cently underwent a goiter operation.
The roid work in this community is
going along rapidly now. Most of the
NEWS FROM GOOSENECK*
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vann, accompanied
bv Miss Laura Fuqua, mads a business
trip to the county seat Monday.
Mrs. Stillings and daughters Florence
and Margaret, of Yakima, drove here'
Saturday to take her daughter Ruth
home with them.
making their home in that city.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Comstock of Cove School Board« and School Clerks
who had been attending the Grange t
Attention!
meeting at McMinnville, stopped to vis-i
Time
for
Annual
School Meetings ia
it at the McNeil home on their way t o :
the coast, where they will visit relatives drawing near. Every School Clerk has
to give a bond running in favor of the
at Waldport.
district he serves. I represent a large,
Monday evening E. F. Atchley, sup well known Surety Company and will
e r i n t e n d e n t o f the A nti - Cigarette be glad to furnish the bonds required.
leag u e in Oregon gave an illustrated The cost is sm all School Boards should
lecture on "‘The Physical Effect of Cig not embarrass the clerk by asking him
arettes on the System.” in the M. E. to give a personal bond in order to save
church.
the few dollars a Surety Company Bond
will cost for the district. Experience
teaches that personal bonds are quite
often not satisfactory in the end. Surety
Company Bonds are beat and safest for
both the clerk and the district.
We wish to extend our sincere thanks
Yours to serve,
to all for their kind words, deeds and
P aul F undman . Agent
actions at this time during this sad and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.
sorrowful hour of our affliction.
Willamina, Oregon
Signed on behalf o f her Mother,
Brothers and Sisters.
Sincerely.
Every dollar sent out of Willamina
CARD OF THANKS
C has M acpherson . injures the town to the extent of $1.
Chief Cooks
I—IEA T? — When the old “ haymaker” is on the job
* there is a lot of it; but of course, like some other
things, heat is a fine thing in the right place. However,
lor cooking, it really does more good when applied to the
grub, than when applied to the cook, (especially the chief
cook). No one can say the old wood burners show any
favoritism in applying heat, no Siree. They apply heat to
the cook and the grub on about equal terms. Besides that,
they also deliver “f.o.b.” the whole house a lot of dust and
dirt The Mrs. would not have this to “fan around about”
if she were enjoying a Modern Automatic Electric Range
in a nice cool, clean, comfortable house.
erson, went clamming at the coast Sun
day
Y A M H I L L E L E C T R IC C O M P A N Y
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES & CONTRACTING COMPANY
** /T S E R V E S Y O U R I G H T ”
to
At the Grand Theatre, Sheridan, Sat.-Sun., June 15-16
Phone 3 4 -M , N e w b e rg , O reg o n
CALIFORNIA!
The train has a ll these
COMFORTS:
GRAND RONDE
Just sit back and relax. The engin
eer does all the driving. Swiftly,
safely,you ride to your destination,
arriving fresh and rested.
Several o f tha young people atteneed
the lecture at the Butler M. E. church
Monday evening.
Read or w rite as you skim along
steel rails, the smoothest highway
yet invented.
N o stops for food. Eat in the diner
when you are hungry. S. P. makes
it economical with soup-to-dessert
Meals Select at popular prices.
Mrs. Guy Landis and fam ily and Mrs.
J. Billaon and family were Sheridan
visitors Tuesday.
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S unday S chool , 10:00 a . m .
E pwcrth L eague , 7:00 p. m .
E vening W orship , 8:00 p . m .
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Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Scharschmidt and
family were Sheridan visitors Wednes
day evening,
“ H o m e o n th e R a n g e ”
R ev . E dwabd T k m y , Pastor
An illustrated lecture will he
given for the evening service on
Mrs. Bessie Dick of Vancouver is vis
iting at the Andrew Kershaw home and i Sunday evening, entitled: “ The
with her mother, Mrs. Josephine lia - ; Desert Shall Rejoice.’ ’ The pic
tocha, and other relatives.
tures and lecture will be on the
M r.. Chas. Morgan drove to Salem desert country of our Southwest,
Tuesday, and on her return was accom including Arizona and New M ex
panied by ber daughter, who came to ico.
Beautiful pictures will be
attend the graduation exercises here.
shown on the screen, together
James Reynolds of Portland was here i with the story of some of the re-
over the week end. and on hia return
was accompanied by hia wife and little Iigiou8 activities of this section
son Byron Craig, and they are now i of our country.
Everett O v ia tt s p e n t Wednesday
night at the home of his grandmother,
Mrs. M. O viatt. C. O viatt and child
ren accompanied Everett home ard
spent Thursday evening at the W’cod
home.
H r. snd Mrs. Kosack called at the
H. Johnson home Sunday.
Z A N E G R E Y ’S
COMMUNITY M. E. CHURCH
Mrs. Fred Olmstead has been quite I
ill the past week with the flu, which
came near developing into pneumonia. ■
Bill Green was in Dallas on business
Satnrday.
All the thrills of the
p io n e e r days in a
fighting story of wes
tern justice shot from
the end of a six-gun!
Sunday School 10 a. in.
Young People’s Meeting, 6:46
p. m.
Preaching service 11 a. in. and
7:45 p. m.
You are invited to attend.
Julius Jensen and son Jnnior visited
over the week end with his brother
Carl st Banks.
E v e r e t t O viatt accompanied his
Supper guests at the G. Z. Logsdon
home in Sheridan Wednesday evening father, C. O viatt, and children to the
were Mr. and Mrs. W'ood, Everett O vi coast Thursday to dig clams.
st t, Mr. Kockerson and the Schoppeit
Mr. and Mrs. Russell LaVelle snd
children.
Eva Rhodes were in Dallas Tuesday,
Mr. Boles, who recently bought the and LaVelle came home with a new car.
Akin place, cut his foot quite hadly and
Mr. and Mrs. Kosack and daughter
went to Salem to see a doctor.
and Mrs. Chas. Green and daughter
The Wood and LaVelle families, ac were at Sheridan Saturday.
companied by Eva Rhodes and V. Kock-
Mrs. Sara Stone and Mrs. Tom O tt-
inger called at the Wood home one
evening last week.
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Leonard Henderson, Pastor
W. E. Kmelaer and wife are enjoying
a visit with their son W ill and family
at Molalla.
I Grove.
R. L. Brown and Jess Gearhart left
Thursday for California, expecting to
be gone about ten days.
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
Enjoy refreshing sleep in a soft,
room y berth. Im proved T o u rist
Pullm ans provide clean double
berths at very reasonable rates.
Mrs. E. Bremner of Portland vi.-ited
with her daughter, Mrs J. Doran, over
1 the week end.
Mrs. J. Burgess made a trip to P ort
land Monday. Mrs. E. Bremner returned
w.th her.
Mrs. Owen Doran Sr. and fam ily, Mr.
and Mrs J. Doran and daughter and
' Mr. and Mrs. A. Curl and son spent
Sunday at the beach.
Space to walk around and stretch
your legs is important on any jour
ney. You have it on the train.
There is clean ice-water to drink
when you are thirsty. And there is
always a convenient rest room
w ith modern lavatory facilities.
Several people from Grand Ronde at
tended the Legion dance at Sheridan
Saturday night.
Mrs. Earl Burgess of Sheridan visited
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Fisher, Tuesday.
Besides, rail fares to California are low ’. It’s real econom y
to g o this w ay and have all the com forts, conveniences
and security o f train travel at fares o f 2c a m ile and less.
M r. and Mrs. Clay lames and family
and Mr. and Mrs. John Talbott and
daughter Jean spent the week end at I
the beaches.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Landis and fam ily
and Mrs. J. Billson and fam ily spent
Saturday in Portland.
Southern Pacific
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For details, see your local S. P. agent or write J. A. Ormandy,
General Passenger Agent, 705 Pacific Building, Portland, Ore.
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